2 Maccabees 14:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ So they appointed a day upon which they might commune together by themselves: and seats were brought out, and set for each one.

²² But Judas ordered men to be ready in convenient places, lest some mischief might be suddenly practiced by the enemies: so they made an agreeable conference.

²³ And Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no wrong, but sent away the flocks of the multitudes that had been gathered together.